SMC Networks SMC8624T manual

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    T igerSwitch 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ether netSwitch ◆ 24 auto-M DI/MDI-X 10/10 0/1000B ASE -T ports ◆ 4 ports shared with 4 SFP transcei ver s lots ◆ Non-blocking switching architecture ◆ Support for a redundant po wer unit ◆ Spanning T ree Protocol ◆ Up to six LA CP or static 4-port trunks ◆ Layer 2/3/4 C oS support through four priorit[...]

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    38 T esla Irvine, CA 9261 8 Phone: (9 49) 679-80 00 T igerSwitch 10/100/1000 Installation Guide From SM C’ s T iger line of feature-r ich work group LAN solutions June 200 2 Pub. # 15 020001 6600A[...]

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    Infor mation fur nished by SMC Networks, Inc . (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. Ho wever , no re sponsibili ty is assumed by SMC for its use, nor f or any in fringe ments of p atents or other r ights of third par ties which may result from its use. No license is g ranted by implication or other wise und er any p atent or p atent ri gh[...]

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    i L IMITED W ARRANTY Limited W ar ranty Statement: SM C Networks, Inc. (“SMC ”) warra nts its p roducts to be free from defects in wor kmanship and materials , under normal use and service, for the applicable warranty term . All SMC products carry a standard 90-day limited warranty from the date of purc hase from SMC or its Authorized R eseller[...]

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    L IMIT ED W AR RANTY ii LIABILITY IN C ONNECTION WITH THE SALE, I NSTALLA TION, MAINTENANCE OR USE OF ITS P RODUCTS . SMC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THIS W ARR ANTY IF ITS TESTING AND EXAMINATION DISCLOSE THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PR ODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR W AS CA USED BY CUSTOMER’S OR ANY THIRD PERSON’S MISUSE , NEGLECT , IMPROP ER INSTALLA TI[...]

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    iii C OMPLIANCES FCC - C lass A This equipment gener ates , uses , and can radiate radio frequenc y energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with t he instruction man ual, may cause interfer ence to rad io communications . It has been tested and foun d t o compl y with the lim its f or a C lass A computing device pursua nt to Subpart B o[...]

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    C OMPLIANCES iv volt age limits and the Amendment Direct iv e 93/68/EEC . F or the evaluati on of the compliance w ith these Directiv es , the f ollowing standards w ere applied: Wa r n i n g : Do not plug a phone jack connector in the RJ-45 port. This m ay damage this device. Les raccordeurs ne sont pas utilisé pour le systéme tél éphonique! R[...]

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    C OMPLIANCES v Industr y Canada - Class A This digital appar atus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise e missions from digi tal appa ratus as se t out in the interf erence-ca using eq uipmen t standa rd ent itled “D igital Apparatus, ” ICES-003 of the Department of Communications . Cet app areil numériqu e respec te les lim ites [...]

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    C OMPLIANCES vi Safety Compliance W a rn i ng : Fi b e r O p t i c P o rt S a f et y Av ertissment: Ports pour fibr es optiques - sécurité sur le pla n optique W ar nhinweis: F aseroptikanschlüsse - Optische S icherheit Underwriters Laboratories Compliance Statement Impor ta nt! Before making connections , m ak e sure you hav e the correct cord [...]

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    C OMPLIANCES vii Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise ( Ger m an y) 1. Bitte l esen Sie dies e Hinweise s orgfältig du rch. 2. He ben Sie di ese An leitu ng f ür den s päte ren Ge bra uch auf. 3. V or jed em Rei nigen ist das Gerät v om Str omnetz zu trennen. V erwend en Sie kei ne Flüssigoder Aeroso lreiniger . Am bes ten eignet sic h ein angefeuc ht[...]

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    C OMPLIANCES viii[...]

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    ix C ONTENTS 1 About the TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Switch Ar chitecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Managem ent Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    C ONTENTS x Desktop o r Shelf Mount ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Connecting to a Power Sour ce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 4 Making Network Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Connecting Network D evices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    C ONTENTS xi A PPEN DICES : A Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Diagnosing Sw itch Indicat ors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Power and C ooling Proble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 Installat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    C ONTENTS xii[...]

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    1-1 C HAPTER 1 A BOUT THE T IGER S WITCH 10/100/1000 Overview SMC’ s Tige rSwitch 10/100/1 000 is an intel ligent G igab it Ether net switch with 24 10/100/1000B ASE-T por ts , four of which are combo ports that are shar ed with fo ur Small F or m F actor Plug gable (SFP) t ranscei v er slots . This sw itch can easily tame your netw ork with full[...]

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    A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00/100 0 1-2 Switch Architecture The Tig erSwitch 10/100/1000 emplo y s a wire-speed, non-bloc king switching fabric. This per mit s simultaneous wire-spe ed transport of multiple pack ets at low latency on all por ts . This sw itch also features full-duplex capability o n all ports, which effectiv ely doubles th e b[...]

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    O VER VI EW 1-3 Spanning Tree P rotocol The Tig erSwitch 10/100/1000 supports IEEE 802.1D Spanning T ree Protoc ol. This protoco l adds a l evel of fau lt tole rance b y allo wing tw o or more r edundant connecti ons to be creat ed betwe en a pa ir of LA N segment s . When there are multi ple ph ysical paths betw een segme nts , the protoc ol will [...]

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    A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00/100 0 1-4 Multicas t Switchin g Specific multic ast traffic can be assigned to its own VLAN to ensu re that it does n ot interf ere with nor mal ne tw ork traffi c and to guarantee r eal-time delive r y by setting the required priority level for the designated VLAN . The switch uses I GMP Snooping and I GMP to man[...]

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    D ESCRIPTION OF H ARDW AR E 1-5 Description of Hardwa re 1000BASE-T Ports These por ts are RJ-45 ports that operate at 10 Mbps , 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps , full and half duplex. Because all ports on this switch suppor t automat ic MDI/ MDI-X o peratio n, you can us e stra ight-throu gh cabl es for all network co nnecti ons to PCs or ser vers, or to o[...]

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    A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00/100 0 1-6 Status LEDs The LEDs , whic h are locat ed on th e front panel for e asy viewi ng, a re shown below and describ ed in the fo llowing table. Figure 1-2. Port and System LEDs Port Status LEDs LED Condition Status Gigabit Ethernet Ports (Ports 1~24) Link /Act On/Fl ashin g Amber Port has establishe d a vali[...]

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    D ESCRIPTION OF H ARDW AR E 1-7 System Status LED s LED Condition Status Power On Green The unit’s internal po wer supply is operating normally. On Red The unit’s internal po wer supply has fail ed. Off The unit has no power connected. RPU On Green The redund ant power unit is operat ing normally. On Red The redund ant power unit ha s failed. O[...]

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    A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00/100 0 1-8 Optional Redundant Power Unit SMC provides an optional R edundant Po wer Unit (RPU), SMCRPU600W , that can supply power to the switch in the event of failure of the inter nal power supp ly . Power Supply Receptacles There are t wo p ow er receptacles on the re ar pane l of the s witch . The stand ard po [...]

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    F EATURES AND B ENEFITS 1-9 Featur es and Benefits Connectivity ◆ 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports for easy Fast Ethernet integration and for prot ection of your in vestmen t in legacy LAN equipm ent ◆ Four Sma ll Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) t ransceiver slo ts that are shared with four of the 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports ◆ Auto-neg oti[...]

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    A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00/100 0 1-10 Performance ◆ Transparent bridging ◆ Provides Store-and-Forw ard switching ◆ Suppo rts flow contro l, using ba ck pres sure for ha lf dupl ex and IE EE 802.3x for full duplex ◆ Spannin g Tree Pr otocol ◆ Broadca st storm co ntro l ◆ Inter net group ma nagement protocol (I GMP) sno oping supp[...]

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    F EATURES AND B ENEFITS 1-11 Management ◆ “At-a-gl ance” LEDs fo r easy troubles hooting ◆ Network managemen t agent: • W eb-based man agement wi th embedded H TTP server • Command line ma nagement through four in-band Tel net session s, and an o ut-of-ba nd RS-232 console po rt (VT1 00) • S imple networ k managem ent pr otocol (SNMP)[...]

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    A BOUT THE T IGE R S WITCH 10/1 00/100 0 1-12[...]

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    2-1 C HAPTER 2 N ETWORK P LANNING Introd uction t o Switc hing A network switch allows s imultaneous transmission of multiple packets via non-cros sbar switching . This means that it can par tition a network more effici ently th an bridges o r routers . The switc h has, therefo re, b een recogniz ed as one of the most impor tant build ing blocks fo[...]

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    N ETWORK P LANNING 2-2 Sample A pplication s The Tig erSwitch 10/100/1000 is not only de signed to segment y our network, but a lso to pr ovide a wide rang e of opt ions in sett ing up net work connect ions . Some t ypical applic ations are described below . Collapsed Backbone The Tige rSwitch 10/100/1000 is an e xcellen t choice for mix ed Etherne[...]

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    S AMPLE A PPLICATIONS 2-3 Central Wiring Clos et With 24 parallel bridgin g ports (i.e., 24 distin ct collision domains) , the TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 can collapse a complex netw ork down into a sing le effi cient bridged node , increas ing ov erall ban dwidth a nd through put. In the figure below , the 10/100/1000B ASE-T ports on the TigerSwitch a[...]

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    N ETWORK P LANNING 2-4 Remote Connections with Fiber Cable Fiber op tic techn olog y allows for long er c abling than any o ther med ia type. A 1000B ASE-LX SFP transceiv er link can connect to a site up to 5 km aw ay . This allows the Tige rSwitch 10/100/1000 to ser v e as a collapsed backbone, pr oviding dire ct conne ctivity for a widesprea d LA[...]

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    S AMPLE A PPLICATIONS 2-5 Making VLAN Co nnections VLANs ca n be base d on por t g roup s , or each d ata frame can be ex plicitly tag ge d to identify the VLAN gr oup it belongs t o . When usin g port -based VLANs , ports can ei ther be assigned to one specific g roup or to al l groups . P ort-base d VLANs are suitable for small ne tworks . A sing[...]

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    N ETWORK P LANNING 2-6 Connect ivity Rule s Whe n adding hubs (re peater s) to your network, ple ase follow the connect ivity ru les listed below for Ethe rne t, F ast Eth ernet, and Gig abit Ethernet. Ho wev er, not e that bec ause swit ches break up t he path for connected d evices into sep arate collision domains, you should not include the swit[...]

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    C ONNECTIVITY R ULES 2-7 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Collision Domain Maximum Fast Ethernet Cable Distance SMC 3-2 Rule for Class II Repeaters SMC 2-1 Rule f or Class I Repeaters Type Cabl e Type Max. C able L ength 100BASE-TX Category 5 100-ohm UTP or STP 100 m (328 ft.) 100BASE-FX Multimode 50/125 or 62.5/125 micron core multimode fiber (MMF) 2 km (1 [...]

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    N ETWORK P LANNING 2-8 10 Mbps Ethernet Collision Domain Maximum Ethernet Cable Distance Maximum Network Diameter Using Repeaters SMC 5-4-3 Rule Cable T ype Maximum Length Twisted Pair, Categories 3, 4, 5 100 m (328 ft) Thin Coax 185 m (607 ft) External Trans ceiver Drop 50 m (165 ft) Repe ater T ype and Number Twisted Pair 100BASE-TX 1 Class I 200[...]

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    A PP LIC AT ION N OTES 2-9 Applicati on Notes 1. Full-duplex operation on ly applies to point- to-point access (such as when a switc h is atta ched to a w orkstation, ser v er or another switch). When the switc h is con nected t o a hub , both device s mus t opera te in half-duplex mode. 2. When a sw itch i s connect ed to a hub or an y kind of sh [...]

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    N ETWORK P LANNING 2-10[...]

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    3-1 C HAPTER 3 I NSTALLING THE S WITCH Selecting a Site TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 units can be mounted in a standard 19-inch equipment rack or on a flat surface. Be sure to follo w the guidelines below when c hoosing a locat ion. ◆ The site should: • be at the center o f all th e devices you wa nt to lin k and near a power outlet. • be able to [...]

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    I NS TALL I NG THE S WITCH 3-2 Equipm ent Ch ecklis t After unpacking the TigerSwitch 10/100/1000, chec k the contents to be sure you h ave received all the comp onents. Then , before beginni ng the installation, be sure you hav e all other nece ssar y installation equipment. Package Contents ◆ TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 unit (SMC8624T) ◆ Four adh[...]

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    M OUNTING 3-3 Mountin g A TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 unit can be mounted in a standard 19-inc h equipmen t rac k or on a deskto p or she lf. M ounting instructions fo r each type of si te follow . Rack Mounting Bef ore ra ck mo unti ng th e sw itch, p ay par ticular attention to the following factors: ◆ Temperature : Since t he temperatur e within a[...]

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    I NS TALL I NG THE S WITCH 3-4 T o r ack-mount devices: 1. Attac h the brack ets to the d evice usin g the s crews pr ovide d in the Bracket Mounting K it. Figure 3-1. Attaching the Brackets 2. Mount the device in the ra c k, usi ng four rack-mounting s crews (no t provided ). Figure 3-2. Install ing the Switch in a Rack[...]

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    M OUNTING 3-5 3. If installing a single switch only , turn to “Connecting to a P ower Sour ce” a t the en d of this chapter. 4. If installing multiple swit c hes, mount them in the rack, one below the other, in any or der . 5. If also installing RPUs , m ount them in the rack below the other devices . Desktop or Shelf Mounting 1. Attach the fou[...]

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    I NS TALL I NG THE S WITCH 3-6 Connect ing to a Power Source T o connect a device to a pow er sourc e: 1. Insert th e pow er cable plug di rectly int o the receptac le located at the back of th e dev ice. Figure 3-4. Power Receptacle 2. Plug t he other e nd of th e cable in to a grounded, 3-pin soc ket. Note: For Internati onal use, yo u may ne ed [...]

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    4-1 C HAPTER 4 M AKING N ETWORK C ONNECTI ONS Connect ing Netwo rk Device s The Tig erSwitch 10/100/1000 is designed to in terconnect multiple segments ( or collision domain s). It may be connec ted to network cards in PCs and s er vers , or t o hubs , switch es or ro uters . Note: Before conne cting cab les, you may want to first confi gure the Sp[...]

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    M AKIN G N ETWORK C ONNECTIONS 4-2 Note: If au to-negotia tion is disabled for an RJ-45 port , the auto-MDI / MDI-X pin signal co nfiguratio n is also di sabled. See Appendix B for fur ther infor mation on cablin g . Caution : Do not plug a ph one jack co nnector into an RJ -45 por t. This will damage the switch. Use only twiste d-pair cables with [...]

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    T WISTED -P AIR D EVIC ES 4-3 3. As e ach connect ion is m ade , the green L ink LE D (on the TigerSwi tch) cor respond ing to each po rt will lig ht to indi cate that th e connecti on is valid. Wiring Closet Con nections T oday , the punc h-down bl ock i s an inte gral part of many of the n ewer equip ment racks. It is actually pa r t of the patch[...]

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    M AKIN G N ETWORK C ONNECTIONS 4-4[...]

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    A-1 A PPENDIX A T ROUBLESHOOTING Diagnosi ng Switch Indic ators Power and Cooling Problems If the power indi cator does not tur n on when the power cord is pl ug ge d in, you m ay ha ve a p roblem wit h the p ow er outl et, po wer c ord, or internal power supply . However , if the unit powers off after runn ing for a while, check for lo ose power c[...]

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    T R OUBLESHOOTING A-2 outlet, and v erify t hat the fan s on t he unit are unobstructed and r unning prior to shutdown. If you still cannot isolate the problem, then the internal pow er supply ma y be defec tiv e. In th is case , contact SMC T echnical Support for assi stance . Installa tion V erify that a ll syst em componen ts hav e been prop erl[...]

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    B-1 A PPENDIX B C ABLES Specif icatio ns Cable Typ es and Specific ations Cabl e Type Max. L eng th Co nnec tor 10BASE-T Cat. 3, 4, 5 100-ohm UTP 10 0 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100BASE-TX Cat. 5 100-ohm UTP 100 m (328 ft) RJ-45 100BASE-FX 50/125 or 62.5/125 micron core multimode fiber (MMF) 2 km (1.24 miles) SC, ST or MT-RJ 100BASE-FX 9/125 9 micro n core s[...]

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    C ABL ES B-2 Twiste d-Pair Ca ble and Pin A ssignments Caution: DO NOT pl ug a phon e jack connector into any RJ-45 po rt. Use only twisted- pair cabl es with RJ -45 connectors that conf orm with FCC sta ndards. F or 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T connections , a twisted-pair cable must have two pairs of wires . Each wire pair is identified by two diff erent [...]

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    T WISTED -P AIR C ABL E AND P IN A SSIGNMENTS B-3 100BASE-TX/10BASE-T Pin A ssignments With 100B ASE-TX/10BASE-T ca ble, pins 1 and 2 are used for transmi tting dat a, and pi ns 3 and 6 for recei ving da ta. Because all por ts on this sw itch suppo rt auto matic MDI/M DI-X opera tion, you c an use stra ight-thr ough c ables for all network conne ct[...]

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    C ABL ES B-4 1000BASE-T Pin Assignments 1000BASE-T ports switch suppor t automatic MDI/MDI-X operation, so you can us e strai ght-thro ugh cables f or all network c onnectio ns to PC s or servers , or t o othe r switc hes or hubs . The table below shows the 1000B ASE -T MDI and MDI-X port pinouts. Th ese por ts r equire that all four pair s of wi r[...]

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    T WISTED -P AIR C ABL E AND P IN A SSIGNMENTS B-5 1000BASE-T Cable Requirements All Catego ry 5 UTP cables that are used for 100B ASE-TX connections should also wo rk for 1000B A SE-T , providing that all four wire pairs are connected. Howev er, it is recommended that for all critical c onnections, or any new cable inst allation s , Categor y 5e (e[...]

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    C ABL ES B-6 Console Port Pin Assignments The DB-9 seria l port on the swit ch’ s front panel i s used to connect t o the switch for out-of-b and co nsole co nfigur ation. The on -board me nu-driven config uration prog ram can be accesse d from a ter m inal, or a PC r u nning a ter mina l emulatio n prog ram. T he pin a ssignme nts use d to conne[...]

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    C ONSOLE P ORT P IN A SSIGNMENTS B-7 Console Port to 25-Pin DTE Port on PC Switc h’s 9-Pin Seria l Port Null Modem PC’s 25- Pin DT E Port 2 RXD <---- -----RXD ------- ----- 2 TXD 3 TXD ------ -----TXD --------- -> 3 RXD 5 SGND ---- ------- SGND ---- ----- - 7 SGND No other pins are u sed.[...]

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    C ABL ES B-8[...]

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    C-1 A PPENDIX C S PECIFI CATIO NS Physical Chara cteristics Po r t s 20 10//100/1000B ASE-T , with auto-neg otiation F our 10/100/1000B ASE-T sh ared with four SFP tran sceiv er slots Network Interface 10B ASE-T : RJ-45 (100-ohm, UTP cable; Categ ories 3, 4, 5) 100B ASE-TX: RJ-45 (100-ohm, UTP cable; Categ or y 5) 1000B ASE-T : RJ-45 (100-ohm Categ[...]

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    S PECI FIC ATIO NS C-2 Humidity Operating: 10% to 90% AC Input 100 to 24 0 V , 50 to 60 Hz P ower Supply Internal, aut o-ranging transfor mer: 90 to 260 V A C, 47 to 63 Hz Redundant DC input P ower Consumption 48 W att s maximum Maximum Cur r ent 2 A @ 115 V AC 1 A @ 230 V AC[...]

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    S WITCH F EAT UR ES C-3 Switch Features Spanning T r ee Protocol F orwa rding Mode Store-and-fo rward Flow Co ntrol Full Duplex: IEEE 802.3x Half Duplex : Back pressure Broadcast Stor m Suppr ession T raffic thr ottled abo ve a critical threshol d VLAN Support Up to 255 gr oups; port-based or with 802.1Q VLAN tag ging, GVRP for automatic VLAN lear [...]

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    S PECI FIC ATIO NS C-4 Manageme nt Fe atures In-Band Management T elnet, W eb-base d HTTP , or SNMP ma nager (EliteView Network Manageme nt software provided free) Out-of-Band Mana gement RS-232 DB-9 console port Software Loadi ng TFTP in-band or XModem o ut-of-band MIB Suppor t MIB II (RFC 1213), Bridge MI B (RFC 1493), Interfaces Ev olution MIB ([...]

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    C OMPLIANCES C-5 Compliances CE Mark Emissions FCC Class A Indus tr y Can ada Cla ss A EN55022 (CISPR 22) Class A EN 61000-3-2/3 V CCI Class A C-Tick - AS/NZS 3548 (1995) Class A Immunity EN 61000-4-2/3/4/5/6/8/11 Safety CSA/NRTL (CSA 22.2.950 & UL 1950) EN60950 (TÜV/GS) Warranty Limited li fetime[...]

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    S PECI FIC ATIO NS C-6[...]

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    D-1 A PPENDIX D O RDERING I NFORMATION TigerSwitch 10/ 100/1000 Products and Acces sories Product Numb er Descri ption SMC8624T 24 10/100/1000BASE -T ports switch with four Gigabit com bo ports with RJ-45 connec tors and associated SFP tran sceiver slots SMCBGSLCX1 1-port 1000BASE-SX Small Fo rm Pluggable (SFP) mini-GBIC tran sceiver SMCBGLLCX1 1-p[...]

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    O RDERING I NFOR MATION D-2[...]

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    Glossary-1 G LOSSA RY 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet ov er two pairs of Categor y 3, 4, or 5 UTP cable . 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps F ast Ethernet over tw o pairs of Categor y 5 UTP cable . 100BASE-FX IEEE 802.3u specification for 100 Mbps F ast Ethernet over tw o strands of 50/125 or 62.5/125 micron c[...]

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    G LOSSAR Y Glossary-2 Bandwidth The differ ence betw een th e highes t and low est frequ encies av aila ble for network signals. Also sy nonymou s with wire speed, the actua l speed o f the data trans miss ion al ong t he cab le . Collis ion A condit ion in w hic h pack ets tr ansmi tted ov er the cable i nterfere with each other . Their interferen[...]

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    G LOSSAR Y Glossary-3 Gigabit Ethernet A 1000 Mbps network comm unication system based on Ethernet and the CSMA/CD access method. Full Duplex T ran smission meth od that al lows two netw ork devi ces to trans mit and recei v e concurrently , effecti vely doublin g the b andwid th of th at link. IEEE Inst itute of E lectrical and Elec tronic Enginee[...]

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    G LOSSAR Y Glossary-4 LAN Segment Separate LAN or co llision domain. LED Light emitting d iode use d for mon itoring a device or network cond ition. Local Area Network A group of i nterco nnected computers and supp ort devices . Media Access Control (MAC) A portio n of the netw orking pr otoc ol that g o ve rns access to the transmission medium, fa[...]

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    G LOSSAR Y Glossary-5 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP ) Proto col suite t hat inc ludes TCP as the primar y tra nspor t prot ocol, an d IP as the netw ork la yer prot ocol. UTP Unshielded twiste d-pair cable. Virtual LAN (VLAN) A Virtual L AN is a col lectio n of netw ork nodes t hat sh are the s ame collision domain reg ard[...]

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    Index-1 Numerics 10 Mbps connect ivity rules 2-8 1000 Mbps connectivity rules 2-6 1000BASE-LX fiber cable le ngths 2-6 1000BASE-SX fiber cable le ngths 2-6 100BASE cable lengths 2-7 100BASE-FX fiber 2 -6 100BASE-TX ports 1-5 10BASE cable leng ths 2-8 10BASE-T ports 1-5 A accessories, ordering D-1 adhesive feet, attaching 3-5 air flow requirements 3[...]

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    I NDE X Index-2 I IEEE 802.3x flow control 1-5 IGMP 1-2 indicators, LED 1-6 installation connecting devi ces to the switch 4-2 desktop or she lf mounting 3- 5 port connections 4-1 power requirements 3-1 problems A-2 rack mounting 3-3 RPUs in racks 3-5 site requirements 3- 1 wiring close t connecti ons 4-3 L LED indicators Power 1-7 problems A-1 RPU[...]

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    I NDEX Index-3 RJ-45 port connections 4-1 RJ-45 ports 1 -5 pinouts B-4 RMON 1-2 routing applica tions 2-9 RPU connecting 3-6 installing in a rack 3-5 installing on a de sktop 3-5 optional redund ant power unit 1- 8 RS-232 port 1-2 rubber foot pads, at taching 3-5 S sample appl ications 2- 2 screws for rack mounting 3-2 serial port 1-2 site selelcti[...]

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